US 11,940,527 B2
Synthetic weather systems and methods
Shivashankar Maddanimath Veerayya, Bangalore (IN); and Vinay S. Huddar, Hyderabad (IN)
Assigned to ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC., Cedar Rapids, IA (US)
Filed by Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/130,553.
Claims priority of application No. 202011009743 (IN), filed on Mar. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0278529 A1, Sep. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. G01S 13/95 (2006.01); B64D 45/00 (2006.01); B64D 47/08 (2006.01); G01C 23/00 (2006.01); G01S 13/86 (2006.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01)
CPC G01S 13/953 (2013.01) [B64D 45/00 (2013.01); B64D 47/08 (2013.01); G01C 23/005 (2013.01); G01S 13/867 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A synthetic vision system for an aircraft, comprising:
a camera in electronic communication with a controller;
a radar system in electronic communication with the controller;
a three-dimensional cockpit display in electronic communication with the controller via a synthetic weather system; and
a tangible, non-transitory memory configured to communicate with the controller, the tangible, non-transitory memory having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the controller, cause the controller to perform operations comprising:
receiving, by the controller, a reflectivity data from the radar system;
receiving, by the controller, a visual data from the camera;
correlating, by the controller, the reflectivity data to the visual data; and
displaying, by the controller, a first estimated three-dimensional image based on correlating the reflectivity data to the visual data in response to visibility being clear, the first estimated three-dimensional image including three-dimensional weather and a three-dimensional terrain.